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Vernacular in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh has three main climatic zones - the Coastal Plains region has a warm, humid climate and some cities are prone to cyclones and tsunamis. The Rayalaseema region is semi-arid and has faced chronic drought for centuries. Traditional houses in Andhra Pradesh use locally available materials like wood, bamboo, mud, lime, palm leaves and tiles. Houses have features like pitched roofs, mud walls, rainwater collection systems, and are organized functionally with spaces for storage, kitchen and toilets separated from the main building.

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Vernacular in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh has three main climatic zones - the Coastal Plains region has a warm, humid climate and some cities are prone to cyclones and tsunamis. The Rayalaseema region is semi-arid and has faced chronic drought for centuries. Traditional houses in Andhra Pradesh use locally available materials like wood, bamboo, mud, lime, palm leaves and tiles. Houses have features like pitched roofs, mud walls, rainwater collection systems, and are organized functionally with spaces for storage, kitchen and toilets separated from the main building.

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ANDHRA PRADESH

CLIMATIC ZONES
● Coastha……….Warm and humid….some cities prone to cyclones, istunamis
● Rayalaseema…..semi-arid and chronically drought-prone for centuries

pitch roofed with clay pan


Wood
tiles and bamboo sections
Walls using red bricks
gummy or pasty soil Manduva….Rain water collection
Manduva Logili red-coloured Mangalore or Vadapalli tiles
abundance of wood in their structure Mud for wall construction Mud (locally
Lime called, Paati Mannu) is used in the form
Thatch of baked or unbaked bricks bearing
Arches 45-60 cm thickness
pillars
Lime for mortar and plaster

Ghantasala village, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh


Pippara vllage, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh

Spatial organisation
The functional spaces in the vernacular house are laid out
as per the convenience of the user and a set of unwritten
beliefs. The convenience aspect lead to the location of
Grannary near the front porch, space in the verandah for
storing agricultural tools, kitchen detached from the main
Cuttillu Cob mud house or placed at the rear side of the house, toilets
Palm thatch detached from the main house, front garden, kitchen
Palm wood garden etc.

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